Cloth folding and cutting machine



. G. W. BAKER. l 016th Folding and Cutting Machine.

No. 224,571. Patented Feb. 17,' 1880.

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GEORGE WLBAKEB, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CLOTH FOLDING AND CUTTING MACHINE. V

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 224,571, dated.v February 17, 1880.

l u Application led April 26, 1879.

To all whom t may concern 1 Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BAKER, o Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth Folding` and Cutting Machinery; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to ,which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the' accompanying drawings, which form part of this specication.

The object of my device is to afford a quick, easy, and reliable means of cutting and preparing fabric for the purposes of binding, trimming, Ste.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an isometric view of a device constructed according `to my invention, and Fig. 2 is another isometi `feeding-rollers to the cutters C C;

D and Dl are rollers fixed, respectively, upon the shafts B B2, one of which (preferably the roller D) is made elastic and stationary, while the other` roller, D',is made solid and also adjustable upon its shaft.

`The shaft B2 is allowed a certain amount of longitudinal play in itsbearin gs, and is made,

at its end opposite its cutter C', to project beyond its bearing and to receive the pressure of aspring, B3. This spring, by its pressure upon the end of the shaft B2, will operate at r all times tokeep the blades C C properly together, so that` a shearing cut will always be insured.

j As a matter of convenience the cutters C C `may be made removable in order to facilitate and set-screw. or vequivalent arrangement. This guide E may be of any character to properly direct the fabric while being fed through the cutters C C.

I have here shown a convenient form, which consists of two plates, between which the fabric is passed, and these plates are made to pinch more or less tightly upon the fabric passing between them by the operation of a clamping thumb-screw, E'.

The folding function of my device is 'primarily accomplished by the folder F,which I prefer to make adjust-able in itself, and also adjustable'longitudinally upon the frame A, by suitable slot and thumb-screw or equivalent contrivance. iiciently shown in the drawings, and is adapted to turn over both edges of a fabric passing through it. After this is done the fabric is passed between the rollers D and F', and these rollers are held together with suiiicient tightness to iiX the fold formed by the device FC I prefer hinging the roller F in such a manner that it, or the frame in which it is journaled, may be swung free from the roller, as indicated by the dotted lines in the drawings. In this case the roller F should be made to rock in its frame, or be otherwise constructed in such a manner that it shall always and automatically adjust itself in proper juxtaposition against the roller D.

When used as an attachment to a sewingmachine the switch Gwill serve a useful purpose. This switch consists, essentially, of a friction-pulley revolving upon the end of a lever pivoted to the frame A, which lever may be drawn in, so that a driving-belt may be tightened or loosened upon the driving-wheel B' in sucha manner as that when the switch is turned off the belt shall not drive the wheel B', and so that said belt shall be broughtinto loperative contact by closing the switch.

The form of this folder is suf- The operation of my device is as follows:

Upon drawing or closing the switch G, or by turning the crank or wheel B', the machine is set in motion. To cut the fabric it is placed between the plates of the guide E, which has been previously adjusted, land as it approaches the cutters C C it is received by the rollers C2 and the rollers D D', and thus fed and cut into strips, the width of which is determined IOO by the adjustment of the guide E. After being cut the strip is, b y the action of the rollers D F', drawn through the folder F, whereby both of its edges are turned in upon each other. and are pressed and retained in this folded condition by the action of the rollers D and F aforesaid. Thus prepared, the fabric is ready to be used as trimming or otherwise.

What I claim isl. The combination, with the roll secured to the upper rotary shalt, of the presser-roll 1ocated above the same, and mechanism, substantially as described, whereby said presserroll is adapted to be automatically maintained in vertical position when swung away from the shaft-roll, substantially as set forth.

Witnesses:

L. L. LEGGETT, JN0. GROWELL, Jr. 

